Thought I’d give you all a little update on that thing. The F word: Forums.

We’re working on it. Okay, Dale is doing all the real work ;) And right now, we have some technical difficulties. Minor stuff, like the posts not showing up ;)

It’s probably some arcane thing buried in a config file full of abstruse commands. I can’t help there, as my knowledge of DB stuff is less than nil. But Dale is working hard on this and looking for the solution.

So I can’t promise anything. I’m hoping that it can be resolved; after all, other places are able to use the software. This is all tricky stuff, however (nothing is ever as easy as they say it is!).

Anyway, I just wanted everyone to know that we are trying to get this going. Keep your fingers crossed!

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I’m having a little trouble understanding the delay. There are lots of free packages for forums as well as low cost options. I got a buddy who runs a forum, he used Mombo (sp?) and had it up over a weekend and he’d never done it before.

I played Two Worlds this weekend. It’s ok… I’m not sure I’d call it a “winner”. There are more than a few things I don’t like.

The combat is kind of “blah” to me… not sure exactly why… it just doesn’t feel all that exciting most times.

Magic is horribly limited. I can only put 3 spells on the quick bar? That’s incredibly frustrating! Warriors get all their abilities auto-magically when they equip the appropriate weapon… but Mages are limited to 3 spells at a time. It becomes way too tedious later to swap these things around to fight different opponents. This turns magic into one-dimensional affairs of levelled-up attack spells, a heal and a protection/buff spell.

Also, the method for assigning things to the quick bar seems to not work at all. I can’t figure out how to assign abilities to specific numbers. :(

Mages are pretty hampered in the beginning as well. It’s ridiculously easy to find good armor and weapons right at the start, but good luck finding a decent amount of spell gear, even at a shop. Have your heart set on Air magic? Sorry, the random generator decided to give you all Earth and Water spells for loot which you aren’t even trained in yet. :P

In some ways the game looks better than Oblivion and in others it looks worse. The dialogue is below average to bad in most places. Alchemy is more annoying than beneficial… but at least the ingredients are weightless. I suppose on higher difficulty the temporary potions become useful, but on the lower end, only the permanent effects interest me.

The manual does an incredibly poor job of explaining… well, anything really. There are inventory slots on my character that I have no idea what they are used for. There is not a shortcut key list in the manual, so some functionality is hidden unless you look at the in-game settings. The benefits of armor sets are not detailed. How to make use of daggers isn’t really described… particularly since you can’t just melee with them.

However, the fact that the story appears to be shorter, and the game world less huge means I might have a shot at finishing this one… depends on whether my Mage can truly make it through the game as such… which is definitely debatable, since I don’t as yet have enough money to acquire a wide selection of spells and such.

I dunno, Scorp, I don’t have a problem with having a separate handle for the Scorpia Forum. I have to sign on to places like Quarter to Three and it’s never a problem – unless one is constantly hopping between different computers.

I think I did have to activate over the internet. As much as I hate copy protection, I don’t have any issues with it at the moment because I only have 1 computer. My Alienware laptop, which was the worst purchase I’ve EVER made, finally died shortly after the warranty expired and I gave up on it. That laptop only ran for 7 months out of 14.

Oddly enough, I’m still playing Two Worlds. I did resort to cheating. It’s impossible to play a real Mage without gifting yourself money, so I did. :( I don’t like doing that, but I have to admit, being able to play with the spells is making the game a little more interesting. I just wish I could fill the quick bar with them instead of only 3. :/